Olenyoksky District
Olenyoksky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Anabarsky District in the north, Bulunsky and Zhigansky Districts in the east, Vilyuysky, Verkhnevilyuysky, and Nyurbinsky Districts in the southeast, Mirninsky District in the south and southwest, and with Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west and northwest. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Olenyok. Population: 4,091 ; The population of Olenyok accounts for 55.1% of the district's total population.Geography
The main rivers in the district are the Olenyok and the Anabar. The largest lake is Lake Eyik.
Average January temperature ranges from and average July temperature ranges from.History
The district was established on October 1, 1935.Demographics
As of the 1989 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
- Evenks: 54.3%
- Yakuts: 32.2%
- Russians: 9.1%
- Evens: 0.7%
- other ethnicities: 3.7%
Economy
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture. There are deposits of diamonds, natural gas, and construction materials.Inhabited localities
Divisional source:
- Administrative centers are shown in bold
